If your tree board, commission or committee runs like a rusty watch, perhaps it is time to look at some ways to make it more active and efficient. This is the topic of Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree City USA Bulletin No. 54 – How to Grow a Great Tree Board. This 8-page issue contains items covering how to run a better meeting, defining responsibilities, ideal composition of the group, training, and other helpful subjects. Other bulletins that can help include: 

• No. 9 Writing a Municipal Tree Ordinance
• No. 27 How to Plan for Management
• No. 36 How to Work with Volunteers Effectively
• No. 58 Community Engagement
• No. 78 Finding New Friends for Urban Forestry
• No. 83 Creative Marketing Campaigns

These and other issues of Tree City USA Bulletin are available at the Arbor Day Foundation’s website.